Modelling harbour porpoise seasonal density as a function of the German Bight environment: Implications for management

Endangered Species Research

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 157-169

  Gilles, Anita ^a   Adler, Sven ^a,b   Kaschner, Kristin ^a,c   Scheidat, Meike ^a,d   Siebert, Ursula ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Conservation; Generalised additive model; Habitat modelling; North sea; Phocoena phocoena

Indexed keywords

AERIAL SURVEY; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HARBOR; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PORPOISE; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GERMAN BIGHT; NORTH SEA;

PHOCOENA PHOCOENA; PHOCOENIDAE;

EID: 80054766202     PISSN: 18635407     EISSN: 16134796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/esr00344     Document Type: Article

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